redress the balance

phrase

formal

: to make a situation fair

They've been treated unfairly, and it's time to redress the balance.

Examples of redress the balance in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Most emigrants left from Sicily, where enterprising local authorities have tried to redress the balance by tempting back Italian descendants from abroad. — Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 14 Mar. 2026

Our beleaguered universities must redress the balance—helping the country and themselves. — Bhumika Tharoor, The Atlantic, 30 Dec. 2025

Such intellectual property advantages could give Europe just the kind of edge needed to redress the balance, concludes Ward. — Andrew Saunders, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025

The nations and politicians who continue to deny climate change and pollute the planet demand greater sacrifice from those trying to redress the balance, and there’s a tipping point where it can’t be done without consensus. — Simon Hill, WIRED, 18 Aug. 2024

Right-leaning outlets might see their ideological foes’ decisions to block AI web crawlers as a unique opportunity to redress the balance. — Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 24 Jan. 2024

With tight job markets, workers may seek to redress the balance. — Agustín Carstens, Fortune, 3 July 2023

Rhymes for redress the balance

• counterbalance
• overbalance
• imbalance
• rebalance
• unbalance
• valance
• vallance